Fish....

Day 3,

Today was challenging but it was nowhere near as hard as yesterday. We began by slowly ascending along Bellview mountain until we eventually made it 12,350 feet to Frigid Air Pass. It lived up to it's name. The view was to die for. After lunch on the peak, we descended down a very steep incline and hiked around 3 miles to Fravert Basin. We hiked through lush pines and thick forest with various small waterfalls along the way. We continued on past Fravert to another forest and made camp around 3ish. We are literally within 100 yards of a 300 foot waterfall. It's truly incredible.

Mike went fishing without any expectations since he had no luck at Crater Lake. In a span of 3 hours he caught a total of 7 good sized trout. We ate real good. None of us really knew what we were doing so we tried various methods of cooking it. I remembered seeing a guy just throw slabs if the fish over the fire in the movies once, so I tried that method first. Epic failure. The fish kept sliding into the fire and I burnt my hands twice. We then tried cooking it in a pot with a little water. This worked much better. The fish was definitely a nice treat after eating rice, Ramen, and beans for 3 days straight. This is definitely bear territory, so we took a lot of precautions tonight.

We are currently in our tents right now at 8:45 simply because the bugs are so bad. As much fun as were having I think we are all relieved we have reached the halfway point. Jon has blisters and misses his girlfriend, Andrew the Giant is sunburnt, Mike would sell all his possessions and buy her presents, Trenton keeps wandering off and getting lost, and I am doing well minus the fact my neck is still sore from last nights sleep. But overall spirits are high. Big day tomorrow. 6-8 miles plus maybe our most difficult peak. Goodnight.


-Team Gunz n' Money